Stove or range



Nov. 3, 1936. E. F. KENNEDY STOVE OR RANGE Filed April 14, 1932 mw ww T!m m A #0 may a w w til Patented Nov. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES STOVE R RANGEEmmett F. Kennedy, Garfield Heights, Ohio, as-

signor to TheCleveland (lo-Operative Stove Company, Cleveland, Ohio, acorporation of Ohio Application April 14, 1932, Serial No. 605,254

3 Claims.

The present'invention relating as indicated to stoves or ranges, hasmore particular reference to a novel construction for a domestic cookingstove of the console or cabinet type having various new and distinctivefeatures of arrangement and operation. One object of my invention is toprovide a unique arrangement of the oven and burner sections, wherebythere is provided a space immediately in front of the burner sectionserving as a table surface for the reception of various cookingutensils. Another object is to make such table surface extensiblewhereby it may be decreased or expanded at the will of the operator.Another object is to provide a cover 16 member for the open burnersection, which may be moved into a position to conceal such burnersection when not in use. A still further object is to provide a panelplate for the operating valve handles which is alternately movable intoa position exposing said handles for cooking operations, and into aposition locking the handles against movement when the stove is not inuse. Another object is to provide a mechanism coordinating movement ofsuch burner section cover and valve handle panel plate, whereby thevalve handles will be locked against movement when the burner sectioncover is in lowered position. Additional objects and. advantages willbecome apparent during the following description. To the accomplishmentof the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of themeans hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which theprinciple of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of the general assembly of the stoveconstructed according to the principle of my invention; Fig. 2 is anenlarged fragmentary perspective view with parts broken away,illustrating the construction of the burner section cover and valvehandle panel plate operating mechanism; Fig. 3 is a side elevationalsectional view of the construction of the upper portion of the stoveillustrated in Fig. 1; 50 Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, butshowing the burner section cover plate in lowered position; Fig. 5 is anenlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig.3; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of the valve handle 55 panelplate construction.

In that portion of the stove between the front of the burner section 3and ovensection 2 is found the horizontally slidable table surface I. 10A hinged cover plate 5 is provided for the purpose of covering andconcealing the top of the open burners 3 when they are not in use.

. The slidable table surface 4 which has the raised marginal edge 6 issupported upon the raised head 1 in the channel member 8. The channelmember 8 is, in turn, mounted upon the upper frame 9 of the oven section2. The purpose of supporting the slidable table top 4 upon the raisedbead I is to provide a sliding contact surface which will result inminimum frictional resistance in order to permit ease of movement of thetable top 4. It will thus be seen that the positioning of the extensibletable top 4 at a point immediately above the oven section 2 andcontiguous to the burner section 3 provides a working surface availableduring cooking operation which obviates the inconvenience oftransferring cooking utensils, food receptacles, and the like, to anadditional table further removed from the scene of operations. It shouldbe further noted that the burner elements of the open burner section 3are disposed in a single row extending laterally across the width of thestove. By virtue of this construction it is unnecessary for the operatorto reach across an open burner and run the risk of a severe burn.

The operating handles III for the fuel control valves which are mountedupon the manifold or stringer pipe ll, extend along the front face ofthe burner section 3. The burner elements which it has not been deemedexpedient to illustrate herein, inasmuch as they may be of any standardconstruction and well known in the art,

, are disposed rearwardly of the stringer pipe I I. 5

A panel plate I2 which, as shown in Fig. 6, is carried at each end by ahorizontally extending rod l3 slidable in the cylindrical casting It,has

' a plurality of openings l4 which are adapted to 3. It will thus beseen that when the panel plate I2 is moved to its innermost; position,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, that the valve handles l0 are then completelyexposed and free to rotate in order that the operator may control theirposition at will. However, when the panel plate I? occupies its farthestforward position, as sho ui in Fig. 4, and wherein the valve handles I0must be in closed position, it will be seen that the apertures I4 sosurround the valve handles I 0 as to prevent access to them and lockthem against rotation.

As a safety measure, it is of utmost importance that the fuel valves beclosed when the burner section cover 5 is in lowered position. Thislatter coordination of movement is effected by virtue of the presentlydescribed mechanism best illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The burnersection cover plate 5 is horizontally supported-to the rear top frame ofthe stove by means of a suitable hinge H. The valve handle panel plateI2 is horizontally movable in the supporting means already described andshown in Fig. 6. A pair of rearwardly extending brackets I8, only one ofwhich has been shown for the purposes of convenience of illustration,are secured to the inner face of the panel plate I2, and have thedownwardly extending slots I9 adapted to receive the rod 20. The rod 20which extends substantially along the length of the panel plate I2 isdownwardly offset on each end in order to provide the fixed pivot pointportion 2| which is carried by the bracket or casting 22 secured to thestringer pipe II. The end of the bar 20 is bent upwardly into the leverarm 23 which is connected to one end of the toggle link mechanismconcealed in the side partition of the burner section frame. The togglelink mechanism consists of the relatively long arm 24 pivotallyconnected to the offset link 25. The link 25, in turn, connects on itsother end to the pin 25 in the burner section cover plate 5. The linkarm 26 forms a connection between the point of offset in the arm 25 andthe fixed pivot pin 21 attached to the inner side panel of the burnersection frame. A tension spring 28 leads from the point of connection ofthe arms 23 and 24 and the fixed pivot pin 21. The force of the tensionspring 28 is therefore adapted to urge the toggle link mechanism towarda position of collapse, or to move the panel plate I2 and the coverplate 5 toward the open position shown in Fig. 3. Furthermore, inasmuchas the tension spring 28 is mounted substantially across the dead centerof the toggle link mechanism, it will be seen that the resultant forcetending to urge the parts to their opened position will be at itsminimum in the closed invention provides a unique and attractive type ofstove construction possessing novelfeatures of safety and efliciency.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the followingclaims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. A stove or range comprising the combination of a burner section, ahinged cover plate adapted to overlie the top of said burner section, aplurality of fuel control operating handles of non-circular contourdisposed in the front side of said burner section, a movable panel platenormally disposed in the front horizontal face of said burner sectionand inwardly movable past said handles to expose and free the latter forrotation, said panel plate. having similar shaped openings adapted tofit over said handles and lock them against rotation, and actuatingmechanism cooperating the movement of said cover plate with the movementof said panel plate whereby said cover plate is movable to closedposition only when said panel plate is movable to outward position andwhen said handles are in oil position.

2. A stove or range comprising the combination of a burner section, ahinged cover plate adapted to overlie the top of said burner section, aplurality of fuel control operating handles of noncircular contourdisposed in the front side of said burner section, a movable panel platenormally disposed in the front horizontal face of said burner sectionand inwardly movable past said handles to expose and free the latter forrotation, said panel plate having similarly shaped openings adapted tofit over said handles and lock them against rotation, a toggle linkmechanism connected to said panel plate and the frame of said stove, a.connecting arm extending from the toggle joint of said mechanism to saidcover plate, and spring means tending to collapse said toggle mechanismand counteract the downward movement of said cover plate whereby saidcover plate is movable to closed position only when said panel plate ismovable to outward position and when said handles are in off position.

3. A stove or range comprising the combination of a burner section, ahinged cover plate adapted to overlie the top of said burner section, aplurality of fuel-control operating handles of noncircular contourdisposed in the front side of said burner section, a panel platenormally disposed in the front horizontal face of said burner sectionand inwardly movable past said handlesto expose the latter foroperation, said panel plate having similarly shaped openings adapted tofit over said handles only when the latter are in off position, and linkmechanism connecting the inward and outward movement of said panel plateto the opening and closing movement, respectively, of said cover plate.

EMMETT F. KENNEDY.

